Nate is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Nate is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,748 for boy births in the United States (and #3,738 across all names), given to 93 babies. Nate first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2007 (181 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,748 |
| 2024 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,570 |
| 2023 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,589 |
| 2022 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,618 |
| 2021 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,662 |
| 2020 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,885 |
| 2019 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,947 |
| 2018 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,697 |
| 2017 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,816 |
| 2016 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,717 |
| 2015 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,674 |
| 2014 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,464 |
| 2012 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,495 |
| 2011 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,302 |
| 2010 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,275 |
| 2009 | 132 | 132 | #16,670 | #1,363 |
| 2008 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,274 |
| 2007 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,046 |
| 2006 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,139 |
| 2005 | 146 | 146 | #18,378 | #1,148 |
| 2004 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,290 |
| 2003 | 94 | 94 | #17,602 | #1,474 |
| 2002 | 96 | 96 | #17,333 | #1,430 |
| 2001 | 85 | 85 | #13,059 | #1,561 |
| 2000 | 54 | 54 | — | #1,938 |
| 1999 | 62 | 62 | #11,081 | #1,844 |
| 1998 | 57 | 57 | — | #1,784 |
| 1997 | 47 | — | #6,084 | #2,591 |
| 1996 | 50 | — | #15,131 | #1,979 |
| 1995 | 40 | — | #15,046 | #2,283 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | #12,928 | #2,379 |
| 1993 | 49 | — | #12,927 | #1,925 |
| 1992 | 36 | — | #11,316 | #2,513 |
| 1991 | 34 | — | #12,597 | #2,520 |
| 1990 | 31 | — | #8,316 | #3,027 |
| 1989 | 42 | — | #8,522 | #2,137 |
| 1988 | 36 | — | #6,973 | #2,416 |
| 1987 | 39 | — | #9,480 | #1,966 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #10,454 | #3,382 |
| 1985 | 32 | — | #7,363 | #2,339 |
| 1984 | 30 | — | #7,907 | #2,344 |
| 1983 | 32 | — | #5,059 | #2,640 |
| 1982 | 27 | — | #6,222 | #2,932 |
| 1981 | 44 | — | #5,483 | #1,846 |
| 1980 | 44 | — | #3,574 | #2,419 |
| 1979 | 44 | — | #4,771 | #1,894 |
| 1978 | 43 | — | #3,870 | #2,052 |
| 1977 | 47 | — | #6,192 | #1,533 |
| 1976 | 57 | — | #7,054 | #1,253 |
| 1975 | 37 | — | #7,704 | #1,690 |
| 1974 | 53 | — | #6,080 | #1,282 |
| 1973 | 20 | — | — | #2,099 |
| 1972 | 31 | — | — | #1,552 |
| 1971 | 36 | — | #5,020 | #1,816 |
| 1970 | 29 | — | #6,824 | #1,918 |
| 1969 | 29 | — | — | #1,517 |
| 1968 | 35 | — | #6,055 | #1,496 |
| 1967 | 26 | — | — | #1,530 |
| 1966 | 23 | — | — | #1,640 |
| 1965 | 25 | — | — | #1,582 |
| 1964 | 23 | — | — | #1,683 |
| 1963 | 24 | — | — | #1,647 |
| 1962 | 30 | — | — | #1,450 |
| 1961 | 42 | — | — | #1,231 |
| 1960 | 40 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1959 | 41 | — | — | #1,223 |
| 1958 | 26 | — | — | #1,551 |
| 1957 | 19 | — | — | #1,877 |
| 1956 | 14 | — | — | #2,231 |
| 1955 | 19 | — | — | #1,832 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | — | #3,105 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | — | #2,159 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | — | #3,029 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | — | #2,116 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | — | #2,561 |
| 1948 | 13 | — | — | #2,190 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | — | #2,325 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | — | #1,867 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | — | #2,346 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | — | #3,344 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | — | #2,510 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | — | #3,447 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | — | #2,599 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | — | #2,055 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | — | #2,826 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | — | #3,069 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | — | #2,100 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,562 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | — | #2,064 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | — | #2,293 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | — | #2,999 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | — | #2,645 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | — | #3,301 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | — | #3,319 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | — | #4,196 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | — | #3,367 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | — | #3,170 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | — | #2,585 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | — | #3,403 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,640 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | — | #4,031 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | — | #2,520 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | — | #2,358 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | — | #2,823 |
| 1913 | 14 | — | — | #1,484 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | — | #1,838 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | — | #1,067 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #1,019 |